The authors describe and analyze some issues in understanding causality from panel designs. They focus on complications that arise when multivariate panel models are measured with either random or systematic errors. The ...

This study proposes one plausible procedure to address two methodological issues,
which are common in micro- and macro- econometric analyses, for the full realization of
research potential brought by recently available ...

The role of land-use and related policies in reducing automobile dependence has
been the subject of heated policy debate for over two decades. Previous research has
shed light on the correlations between land-use and travel. ...

The foundation of Information theory by C. E. Shannon is the entropic measures to quantize the abstract concept of information in random variables. When the interest is to study the relationships among multiple random ...

This dissertation investigates various issues of interest regarding the workings and uses of commodity futures markets. Chapter II evaluates the relative performances of various estimators of bid-ask spreads in futures ...

Agricultural cooperatives are a unique form of business whose performance is tied closely to the financial health of their farmer members. The changing business environment in Texas and other parts of the Midwest has put ...